Elysium
A world that can only be reached by traversing tens of billions of light-years and flying through tens of thousands of darknesses. Far upstream of the Acheron River in the Underworld, beyond the river Lethe, lies those infinite plains—a utopia that one can only enter after Death if chosen by the gods. A world free from hunger, conflict, pain, and sorrow, an eternal world liberated from all troubles; that is Elysium.
And into this paradise came two uninvited guests with physical bodies: Issei Hyoudou and Vali Lucifer.
"Is this Elysium?"
"It's so beautiful..."
Issei Hyoudou and Vali were deeply captivated by the beautiful, imperial scenery before them. The lush green land was covered with many beautiful flowers, as were the green mountains and clear waters seen everywhere. There were also white marble buildings, making it look like a paradise from a fairy tale.
"Finally back to normal." At this moment, Ddraig also recovered from the chaotic state caused by electromagnetic interference. Looking at Elysium, he was instantly moved by the beautiful sight before him and remarked:
"I didn't expect that in this dark Underworld, there would be such a sunny, bright, and beautiful place. It truly is a paradise."
"Yeah, I didn't expect that fellow Hades would set up such a beautiful place," Albion also lamented.
But the two did not stay lost in the beautiful scenery for long and immediately headed toward the group of buildings with white palaces.
After a short while, Issei Hyoudou and Vali encountered two beautiful elf handmaidens dressed in white. They were sitting in a sea of flowers, playing and frolicking, weaving garlands with laughter and placing them on each other's heads.
Seeing this, Issei Hyoudou and Vali intended to go forward and ask for directions.
Vali, in particular, hurried forward first and asked in a very anxious tone, "Excuse me?! Where is Hades?! Where is my sister?!"
But what the anxious Vali failed to notice was that as he drew closer, expressions of fear and panic gradually appeared on the faces of the elf handmaidens.
"Eek—!!!" Seeing Vali getting closer and closer, the two elf handmaidens hurriedly dropped the garlands in their hands and ran away without looking back.
"..." Vali was left standing there with a bewildered expression, while behind him, Issei Hyoudou covered his mouth and chuckled.
Issei Hyoudou stepped forward, chuckling as he covered his mouth, "Vali, aren't you being a bit too impatient? Your anxious look scared those two beauties away."
"Ugh." Vali covered his head with a bit of helplessness.
Meanwhile, those two elf handmaidens had arrived at Thanatos's palace. The magnificent palace was filled with beautiful flowers. At this time, Thanatos sat on the main throne of the palace, holding a silver lyre shaped like a sea monster, playing music with his eyes closed, fully immersed.
Several elf handmaidens served beside him, some holding fruit platters, some holding silver pitchers, and some holding silver cups.
At this moment, the two elf handmaidens who had been frightened by Vali came before Thanatos and shouted to him:
"This is bad!! Lord Thanatos!!"
"What is it? Is it another prank by the fairies here?" Thanatos opened his eyes and looked at the two elf handmaidens below, speaking as if he were used to it.
The two elf handmaidens, however, spoke with terrified expressions:
"No!! There are living people!!"
"That appearance of intertwined blood and flesh is as if an Asura from hell has come here!!"
"Oh? Living people? Have they finally arrived?" At this, a slightly excited expression appeared on Thanatos's face, and he stood up from his seat.
Because they were living people, the elf handmaidens kept moving away and avoiding Vali and Issei Hyoudou, which made them feel a bit awkward.
"That's already the tenth one..." Issei Hyoudou said, scratching his face with a somewhat helpless expression.
Ddraig also said with some helplessness, "For some reason, those women just keep avoiding you and Vali."
"It's as if their eyes are seeing something else entirely," Albion spoke up at this time.
Just then, a voice came from above them, saying:
"Because you are living people. This is Elysium, a place where only those who were virtuous in life can come. Living people here are treated like Asuras from Purgatory."
Hearing this, Issei Hyoudou and Vali looked up and saw Thanatos, dressed in a white robe, floating above them before slowly descending in front of them.
"Thanatos!!" Seeing Thanatos's arrival, both Issei Hyoudou and Vali cried out in surprise.
"Thanatos, do not make too much of a scene. Do not let filthy blood pollute this beautiful paradise." At the same time, a figure similar yet slightly different from Thanatos—the God of Sleep, Hypnos—appeared on their other side.
"Both of the Twin Gods are here..." Issei Hyoudou and Vali said, standing back-to-back, facing Thanatos and Hypnos.
At this moment, Vali didn't care what kind of fearsome enemies were before him and immediately entered Balance Breaker, charging toward Hypnos.
Facing Vali's attack, Hypnos didn't take it to heart at all. He closed his eyes disdainfully and calmly extended a single finger, easily blocking Vali's attack with just the strength of one finger.
Furthermore, it seemed as if Vali was under some kind of immense pressure, unable to move at all.
"Vali!!" Issei Hyoudou also entered Balance Breaker, wanting to step forward and help, but he was immediately grabbed by Thanatos with one hand. The moment Issei Hyoudou was caught, he froze in place, unable to move.
"You still have time to worry about others." Thanatos's words of Death rang in Issei Hyoudou's ear.
Affected by Thanatos's aura of Death, not only Issei Hyoudou's body but also Ddraig within him and their very souls were trembling.
"Now, fall back into hell once more." Thanatos's voice rang out again, his palm flashing with a mixture of purple and pink light.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
Countless energy bullets, moving faster than the speed of light and possessing immense destructive power, began to explode from Issei Hyoudou's body, continuously attacking his back.
"Ugh..." The crimson armor on Issei Hyoudou's back turned completely charred, and he fell face-first to the ground.
"Issei Hyoudou!!!" Seeing Issei Hyoudou fall and not get up, Vali turned and shouted in great anxiety.
At this time, Hypnos said to Vali in a flat tone, "Don't be in a hurry; you will soon be just like him."
With those words, the hollow pentagram pattern on Hypnos's forehead flashed with a pale purple light. A powerful psychokinetic force gushed out, turning into an incredibly terrifying gravity that pressed down on Vali.
His entire body was pressed into a large crater, and dents continuously appeared on his white armor. Even though Vali wanted to force himself up, he could not move.
"Did you think we wouldn't know about your experiences along this journey?"
"As long as it happens in the Underworld, no matter how small the matter, we can know it instantly."
"There will be no one left to cover your retreat here."
The two brothers, Hypnos and Thanatos, spoke one after another while looking at Issei Hyoudou and Vali.
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